Carbon offsetting schemes help green-minded fleets
Carbon offsetting schemes help green-minded fleets to see the bigger picture and fulfil their corporate social responsibility obligations.
Carbon offsetting schemes help green-minded fleets to see the bigger picture and fulfil their corporate social responsibility obligations.
Reece Hampton
Enterprise Manager
Fleet decision-makers are continuing to face ongoing pressure to reduce emissions and the environmental impact of their vehicles.
According to the latest Fleet200 research from 2025, 39% of fleet cars are fully electric, compared to 15% diesel. This has increased significantly since 2021, when just 6.5% of fleet cars were electric.
Carbon reduction can often be achieved through improving vehicle technology and adopting car procurement policies which are incentivised by the CO2-based company car tax regime.
But if fleets want to go beyond adopting cleaner vehicles, what else can they do to reduce their environmental impact?
One option is to participate in a carbon offsetting scheme. These have been in existence for a number of years and usually ‘offset’ the carbon footprint of a business through issuing credits, which are then spent in projects and schemes designed to support the environment and capture carbon, such as planting trees.
For fleets, the majority of carbon offsetting programmes work by calculating CO2 emissions based on the amount of fuel purchased
Mike Capper, business development manager at BP Target Neutral, says: “We would always encourage businesses to reduce their emissions as a first plan of action.”
For more information on how you can help to offset your own carbon footprint within your business fleet, get in touch with Motia by clicking here.
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